By Vlad Zakh · July 5, 2026
Bebe Daniels enjoyed one of Hollywood’s longest and most varied careers, from Harold Lloyd comedies to dramatic leads to Depression-era musicals. 42nd Street has a demanding director staking everything on one lavish musical, Counsellor at Law has a self-made lawyer threatened by a scandal from his past, and Reaching for the Moon has a Wall Street tycoon falling for a young woman at sea. The Maltese Falcon (1931), The Affairs of Anatol and Male and Female round out the list.
01 A self-made Jewish lawyer's success is threatened by a scandal from his past and prejudice from his peers.
Directed by William Wyler · 1h 22m · Rated NR
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02 A demanding Broadway director stakes everything on one lavish musical during the Depression.
Directed by Lloyd Bacon · 1h 29m · Rated NR
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03 Bebe Daniels features in this first adaptation, where a private detective is pulled into a dangerous hunt for a priceless jewelled statue.
Directed by Roy Del Ruth · 1h 20m · Rated NR
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04 A ruthless Wall Street tycoon falls for a young woman while sailing to England.
Directed by Edmund Goulding · 1h 13m · Rated NR
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05 Bebe Daniels stars in a silent comedy about a married man whose well-meant efforts to help other women threaten his marriage.
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille · 1h 57m · Rated NR
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06 A pampered aristocratic family is shipwrecked on a desert island with their butler, who takes charge.
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille · 1h 56m · Rated NR
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